Hello folks,
I've just spent some time looking at the most recent videos of us to send as our entry to DERT this year. To me it makes sense to make them as recent as possible because you'd hope we've continued to get better over time. I've selected 3 videos from 2019 DERT, in the google doc Hannah created.
Please have a look and let me know which you think is best, or if there are any great videos I've missed. I haven't considered facebook!
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1a4Lp1z14sJV5pq5d3amVNZ6JrVpedwbcBaS…
There are other videos from DERT and surrounding time, but I've discounted them due to errors.
Miss dancing with you all so much it hurts. Here's to epic rapper reunions!
Becky xx
Hello!
Following on from Rachel-Anne's lovely DERT 2020 memories, the news you've
all been waiting for! DERT 2021 registration is open!
We have 3 weeks to select a video to submit - obvs pre-recorded!
They would like a video from a previous DERT main competition or Spotlight
competition filmed from the front (as near as possible) with the whole
dance visible (swords and feet).
*Please pop a link to the best Ravens dance you can find into the following
spreadsheet by 20th February,* then we can vote on the contenders/bow to
our leader's choice over that weekend and send our submission in.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1a4Lp1z14sJV5pq5d3amVNZ6JrVpedwbcBaS…
The videos will be judged by a team of official judges will score us and
submit comments. On 27th March everyone will get to see the videos and can
judge if they like - so if you every fancied yourself a DERT judge, now is
your chance! Later in the day collated results will come out for who the
judges say officially won; the people's choice results will come out; and
the traditional "We Woz Robbed" can begin.
Sunday will bring some talks from the rapper community (I believe one will
feature Martin) and the DERT meeting will be held via Zoom. Am sure we can
find a suitable location for "hungover breakfast" before getting "trains
back to London"...
More info on it all here:
http://www.dertinfo.co.uk/dertofderts/howtoenter
Have a lovely week.
Hannah
Hannah
Hiya,
I said I would send around some of the "archive" work I've been doing over
the last little while. Here is the special journal entry for DERT 2020.
Please forgive any little errors - converting a word doc to a pdf was a
right arse on!
ENJOY!
R-a x
Hello,
To make this an evening of organised Ravens fun details, here is my plan
for next week's Zoom :D
Inspired by the excellent QI podcast No Such Thing As A Fish, I thought
that we could do No Such Thing As A Raven, which requires a little bit of
homework. Please bring your favourite quite interesting fact, ideally one
which you have learned this week. For example, last week I learned that
Barack Obama used 22 pens for one signature when signing Obamacare into law
(source
<http://content.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1974490,00.html>).
(Clare's zoom link yet again, thanks Clare!)
Topic: Tower Ravens
Time: This is a recurring meeting Meet anytime
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86875884896?pwd=RVNZY2lZYlBzMXZPSi94b2Z4MmtBZz09
Meeting ID: 868 7588 4896
Passcode: 270347
Dearest Ravens,
I'd love for you to join me in toasting my new house this Friday at 7:30 🥳
We mentioned a few weeks ago having more drinky zoomy times on a similar
schedule to when we'd normally crawl. So to emulate the pub crawl
experience I thought we could tour round my house, changing room (and
refreshing drinks!) every half an hour or so. To join me in this you could:
- also move room/space/orientation with me
- have a new drink (alcoholic or not) every new room/space
- put your hoodie and coat on just before we move room, then take them both
off again once we get to the next room
- ignore all this silly nonsense and simply enjoy the view
If you would like to bring a game or other entertainment please feel free!
Dress code is fancy or whatever you fancy :)
Here's the zoom details (thanks Clare!), I'll post them again on WhatsApp
on Friday.
Topic: Emma's Housewarming Extravaganza
Time: Jan 29, 2021 07:30 PM London
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85303290834?pwd=ZytpK1RQS0JXL1VuM2NQNk1raGwxZz09
Meeting ID: 853 0329 0834
Passcode: 205932
Hiya,
Zoom deets below. We'll be chatting vaguely about new years resolutions, in
an attempt to be positive about 2021. Maybes points.
Laterz,
R-a x
Topic: Tower Ravens
Time: This is a recurring meeting Meet anytime
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86875884896?pwd=RVNZY2lZYlBzMXZPSi94b2Z4MmtBZz09
Meeting ID: 868 7588 4896
Passcode: 270347
Hi All,
"Virtual" Strawbear is on next weekend if you fancy some entertainment and
memories of our chilly trip to see the bear last year. (And Martin and Will
will be doing their (pre-recorded) Boots gig.
Hannah.
---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Strawbear Teams via TowerRavensInfo <
towerravensinfo(a)lists.postman.org.uk>
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2021 at 14:24
Subject: [TR Committee] Straw Bear ONLINE 15-17th January 2021
To: strawbearteams(a)yahoo.co.uk <strawbearteams(a)yahoo.co.uk>
*Hello to all previous Straw Bear Dance Teams,*
*It’s such a shame we can’t all be together dancing in the cold again this
year. I would like to thank those of you who have provided video and photo
contributions over the last few months.*
*Straw Bear Online is only a week away! Have a look at strawbear.org.uk
<http://strawbear.org.uk> for more information and to reserve your tickets.
We have FREE live Zoom music sessions on both Saturday and Sunday, a Zoom
ceilidh on Saturday night at only £6 per household, a FREE historical talk
about the Straw Bear on Zoom and plenty of videos that will be released on
our new YouTube channel over the weekend which you may see the bear and
yourselves appearing over the last 40 years!*
*I hope to see you ‘virtually’ there!!*
*Rebecca*
*Whittlesea Straw Bear will be online in 2021*
The 42nd Whittlesea Straw Bear Festival will take place in an online-only
format on 15 – 17 January 2021.
Viewers are invited to follow the Festival on YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv-8lbs_I8jFEbsI-YZW99A> or Facebook
<https://www.facebook.com/whittleseastrawbear/> (search for Whittlesea
Straw Bear) where most of the events will take place. The online broadcasts
will include highlights from the festival, archive footage from its early
days in the 1980s, Morris dancing, interviews with the organisers and 41
years of the Bear.
Events start with an online concert on Friday 15 January, with
contributions from major folk artists Granny’s Attic, Jackie Oates and
Brown Boots, plus popular local artists Brian Kell, Ady Bull, Frog on a
Bike and Barry Goodman.
Musicians will be able to play along to live sessions via Zoom on the
Saturday and Sunday; and Saturday evening brings the chance to dance at a
home-based barn dance with popular ceilidh duo Doug Eunson and Sarah
Matthews, with caller Martyn Harvey.
The festival concludes with a folk club style concert and dance footage on
the Sunday lunchtime, before a showing of the traditional burning of the
Bear.
All events are free except the Zoom Ceilidh, which costs £6 per household.
Full details of all Straw Bear Online events, and how to buy ceilidh
tickets and your exclusive Straw Bear merchandise, can be found at
www.strawbear.org.uk
_______________________________________________
Tower Ravens Committee and Info List
info(a)towerravens.org.uk
Hello Ravens, and happy new year ✨
Here is the link to the spreadsheet showing all the many many zooms we've done... https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iRS0gs_u1P_r4-gtLf_UA-rdKviUM4cR/view?usp=…
At the bottom there's some future dates just waiting for you to put your name to them (thank you to Clare who's signed up to host the first zoom of 2021)
You can fill in the topic column if you have an idea, or just leave it blank and think of something closer to the time/on the spot!
See you all on Monday 😁
Miriam
